Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Brooklyn has a habit of chewing her food for hours. Literally. She'll get down from the table, run around and play, and take a bath. A couple hours later, I'll go to brush her teeth and discover a mouthful of veggies, or chicken, or bread. Tonight it was watermelon. I was trimming Jackson's nails and Brooklyn walked over to see what I was doing. She leaned over to get a good look and sneezed. Chewed watermelon went flying all over. Over Jackson's nails, both my hands, my jeans, my shirt, the couch, the floor, some papers on the table, and a throw pillow. We all made a chorus of "Ewwww"s and laughed at the watermelon fountain that had spewed from her mouth. Lexi walked over to see what we were laughing about and stepped in a pile of watermelon goo and then squealed and ran off tracking it through the house. This was after the kids played out in a rainstorm and came in soaking wet to track water all over the house. Then it was time for a haircut...

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Thank you so much for adding my friend Alexis' blog site to your list of things to check out. I sincerely appreciate you reading my comment and taking it to heart.

Its truly amazing how much your blog has impacted lives. Not only are you entertaining tons of us moms (and dads, grandmas, etc) but you also have this really cool ability to help make a difference in other people's lives now too because of your popularity. (I've followed Mimi's story for awhile now and the support she has gotten is incredible.)

Last night I was on the phone with a friend of mine and my 17 tr old daughter came into kitchen and said Mom did you know Noah had this in livingroom? This was a bottle of shampoo!!!!!!!! Half empty one that WAS full. He squirted it on the floor and he and his 3 year old brother were ice skating on it. Ok shampoo skating. What a mess but on the bright side the room smelled wonderful after I moped it up!!! Thank god for hardwood floors!!!!

*snort* Austin should get a gold star for that. So patient! Brooklyn kinda reminds me of my youngest. He does the most odd things...like take dirty underpants out of the hamper and wear them on his head. I'm curious now what he would do with a pair of icepop molds. LOL

I wanted to ask you a question, since your kids all share rooms: how did you manage the move of a baby into a room with an older child? We have a 3.5 year old boy, who's been in his own room since 4months old, and a 16month old who's been in our room this whole time.

Hey - Rachel started doing that interminable chewing thing just recently. Watermelon does seem to take a particularly long time. She refuses to eat it now, because it's "too hard to chew." But she has no problem with jelly beans, say, or licorice. These kids are just out to drive me crazy.

Funny, my oldest is 13 and also a Austin. It is amazing what they put up with sometimes. My youngest, Ryan (3) is watching this cute little video clip with me. (We have watched it a few times.) He keeps saying, "Again Mommy! Again!"

Thanks for sharing those little moments with all of us. Although somedays are longer then others, the day will come when they are packing up and headed for college. (All too soon.)

I am STILL laughing! My 2-yr-old also has that annoying tendancy to keep her food in her mouth for hours at a time... The other day she decided to play on the stairs (not allowed) as soon as I went into the bathroom. I had barely got started when she started screaming and hollering... And she didn't calm down at all by the time I emerged... I found her covered in gooey apple chunks with her bent arm caught between the railing spindles, still panicking. We had eaten apple slices after breakfast, four hours earlier... And of course she was wearing a brand-new shirt : )

Dawn, I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, or if it's just you tube or maybe just the blogs I'm looking at, but lately every time I go to look at a video, the screen goes black & says I'm sorry this video is no longer available. I can't even say it is 1 particular blog, as it has happened on several, yours not withstanding.-Gail

Thank you SO MUCH for the video. It brought back memories of when my kids were two and their PRECIOUS voices and the mannerisms and all the darling things they do. When you ask her what is on her hands and she says sweetly, "Dat! An DAT!" I almost melted. I want my babies back SO BAD:(

If Austin is anything like my Cryptic, he was loving the head massage:)

So for all those wondering what is up with that on holding food in your mouth and chewing on it forever, it's a probably a sensory issue: some kids are hyper or hypo sensitive on the inside of their mouth. They can just leave it in there because they don't notice it much, or because either they love the taste and texture and like the feeling of it in their mouth, or they have a hard time chewing that texture and feel like doing it very slowly and carefully. I have a son who keeps food in his mouth like a camel. As for the haircut, I so need those popsicle covers so we can end all the haircuts with scissors in this house! Austin gets an A+ for letting her do that.

Austin was showint amazing patience! Wow, what a big brother! And Brooklyn is very cute, reminds me of my two-year-old. She is very articulate too, and she loves to sing. Unfortunately she stops whenever I come sneaking with the videocamera....

you just made an old memory resurface. my cousin used to do that...chew on food...for hours. apples, meat, carrots...everything...thanks for the laugh!found you through bloggers choice awards...enjoyed my visit!